Dubuque, IA

251 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 20220.

BLS figures are for its own occupation list. Where one BLS occupation covers several O*NET occupations, it links to the first and says how many.

Largest

Occupation	Employment
Customer Service Representatives	1,880
Retail Salespersons	1,810
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	1,600
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	1,310
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	1,280
Cashiers	1,240
General and Operations Managers	1,170
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	1,020
Stockers and Order Fillers	1,020
Nursing Assistants	1,010
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	980
Office Clerks, General	920
Waiters and Waitresses	810
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations)	800
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations)	710
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	690
Light Truck Drivers	660
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	640
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	570
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	560

Most concentrated

By location quotient: the occupation's share of jobs here divided by its share nationally. Occupations employing fewer than 100 here are left out.

Occupation	Location quotient	Employment
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	6.09	290
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	4.10	260
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations)	3.60	340
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	3.02	240
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	2.94	180
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	2.76	230
Butchers and Meat Cutters	2.19	110
Food Batchmakers	2.18	140
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	2.14	330
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	2.10	130
Coaches and Scouts	2.09	200
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	2.06	230
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	2.04	190
Customer Service Representatives	1.92	1,880
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	1.91	480
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	1.90	370
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	1.89	230
Nursing Assistants	1.85	1,010
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	1.79	110
Light Truck Drivers	1.78	660

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$309,930
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)	$212,880
Dentists, General	$161,140
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$149,300
Pharmacists	$145,390
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$136,670
Sales Managers	$130,980
Human Resources Managers	$129,670
Nurse Practitioners	$129,620
Marketing Managers	$127,280
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$126,980
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)	$126,050
Administrative Services Managers	$119,770
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$116,010
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	$113,920
Lawyers	$109,270
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations)	$109,040
Software Developers	$105,360
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$104,900
Project Management Specialists	$104,690

All 251 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	450	$74,140	0.83
Administrative Services Managers `11-3012`	70	$119,770	0.74
Advertising Sales Agents `41-3011`	30	$52,830	0.99
Agricultural Equipment Operators `45-2091`	40	$49,440	3.81
Amusement and Recreation Attendants `39-3091`	190	$27,110	1.28
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	80	$29,420	0.75
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval `17-1011`	40	$87,890	0.94
Architectural and Civil Drafters `17-3011`	60	$65,760	1.57
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-9041`	230	$149,300	2.76
Automotive Body and Related Repairers `49-3021`	70	$51,000	1.31
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	290	$61,030	1.09
Bakers `51-3011`	110	$41,160	1.25
Bartenders `35-3011`	460	$21,720	1.63
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	120	$46,140	0.78
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	520	$47,630	1.01
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	170	$57,630	1.60
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	250	$82,090	0.61
Butchers and Meat Cutters `51-3021`	110	$36,520	2.19
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	270	$66,050	1.44
Carpenters `47-2031`	260	$60,090	1.03
Cashiers `41-2011`	1,240	$30,500	1.07
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers `47-2051`	110	$58,400	1.45
Chefs and Head Cooks `35-1011`	70	$47,690	0.89
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) `11-1011`	100	$212,880	1.28
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	100	$51,980	0.65
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	370	$31,730	1.90
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians `17-3022`	40	$77,370	1.54
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	120	$99,210	0.84
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators `13-1031`	230	$62,930	1.89
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	190	$36,080	1.32
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) `29-2010`	100	$55,680	0.76
Coaches and Scouts `27-2022`	200	$47,840	2.09
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9124`	180	$46,770	2.94
Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers `49-9091`	30	$45,740	3.17
Commercial and Industrial Designers `27-1021`	30	$64,690	2.63
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists `13-1141`	50	$57,620	1.11
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	110	$60,870	0.67
Computer Network Support Specialists `15-1231`	70	$69,060	1.23
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators `51-9161`	260	$52,110	4.10
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers `51-9162`	50	$55,770	5.03
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) `15-1299`	110	$90,480	0.66
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1211`	100	$85,310	0.52
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	230	$59,190	0.87
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	120	$136,670	0.46
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	500	$48,800	1.21
Construction Managers `11-9021`	80	$102,240	0.56
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door `49-9012`	40	$60,880	2.27
Cooks, Fast Food `35-2011`	290	$29,500	1.21
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	290	$36,890	1.76
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	440	$35,610	0.83
Cooks, Short Order `35-2015`	50	$36,990	0.87
Correctional Officers and Jailers `33-3012`	40	$57,680	0.25
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	80	$82,940	0.92
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	60	$38,400	0.37
Couriers and Messengers `43-5021`	30	$39,020	1.34
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	50	$56,290	0.75
Crane and Tower Operators `53-7021`	Not available	$49,720
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	1,880	$46,670	1.92
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4031`	130	$49,740	2.10
Data Scientists (3 O*NET occupations) `15-2051`	90	$74,790	0.88
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	160	$47,850	1.09
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	110	$81,410	1.26
Dentists, General `29-1021`	60	$161,140	1.26
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	100	$27,670	0.48
Dishwashers `35-9021`	150	$29,380	0.85
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	60	$51,290	0.76
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	200	$53,910	1.27
Editors `27-3041`	70	$60,980	1.91
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	90	$102,660	0.77
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare `11-9031`	40	$49,650	1.36
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other `25-9099`	30	$34,660	0.72
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	120	$49,150	0.88
Electrical Engineers `17-2071`	70	$104,290	0.91
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2028`	90	$45,910	0.96
Electricians `47-2111`	210	$62,110	0.75
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	560	$57,840	1.08
Emergency Medical Technicians `29-2042`	40	$41,260	0.61
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	110	$60,360	0.66
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors `39-9031`	100	$35,990	0.79
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3013`	80	$99,010	1.39
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians `49-3041`	80	$61,500	5.77
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	1,600	$28,680	1.10
Financial Examiners `13-2061`	30	$70,350	1.26
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	390	$126,980	1.24
Financial Specialists, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `13-2099`	50	$83,280	1.04
Financial and Investment Analysts `13-2051`	70	$84,270	0.51
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	280	$77,320	0.90
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services `39-1014`	40	$44,210	1.01
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	460	$39,510	0.99
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	50	$46,540	0.76
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers `37-1012`	60	$52,210	1.13
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	240	$73,880	1.02
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers `41-1012`	90	$80,850	1.12
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	440	$64,070	0.81
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers `39-1022`	40	$37,130	0.99
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	60	$113,920	1.06
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	480	$77,130	1.91
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	360	$47,150	0.86
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	290	$59,620	1.22
Food Batchmakers `51-3092`	140	$49,130	2.18
Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders `51-3093`	40	$50,140	3.67
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	150	$32,520	0.46
Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other `35-9099`	30	$32,340	0.96
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant `35-3041`	230	$32,270	2.06
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	90	$76,910	1.03
Fundraisers `13-1131`	50	Not available	1.32
Gambling Dealers `39-3011`	Not available	$24,290
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	1,170	$92,530	0.89
Graphic Designers `27-1024`	120	$48,620	1.55
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4033`	70	$48,620	2.94
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists `39-5012`	110	$35,360	0.93
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) `29-2099`	40	$53,890	0.57
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	60	$62,240	0.88
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	130	$61,410	0.82
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	1,310	$58,470	1.69
Highway Maintenance Workers `47-4051`	60	$61,420	1.00
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	1,020	$38,090	0.63
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	90	$28,340	0.53
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	100	$34,520	1.06
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping `43-4161`	60	$42,680	1.88
Human Resources Managers `11-3121`	70	$129,670	0.81
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	380	$64,390	1.11
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians (2 O*NET occupations) `17-3026`	60	$77,860	2.09
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) `17-2112`	230	$109,040	1.69
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	160	$65,480	0.98
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	190	$101,850	2.04
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	230	$50,770	0.78
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	260	$49,800	1.17
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `49-9099`	90	$47,090	1.31
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	70	$64,010	0.77
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks `43-9041`	240	$46,040	3.02
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	280	$71,840	1.55
Insurance Underwriters `13-2053`	50	$74,390	1.28
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	690	$35,800	0.84
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2012`	30	$52,490	0.85
Labor Relations Specialists `13-1075`	40	$89,150	1.65
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	980	$45,960	0.88
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	240	$41,450	0.66
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	50	$32,770	0.72
Lawyers `23-1011`	100	$109,270	0.34
Library Assistants, Clerical `43-4121`	50	$34,590	1.43
Library Technicians `25-4031`	30	$47,820	1.29
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	200	$63,750	0.83
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	660	$41,810	1.78
Loan Interviewers and Clerks `43-4131`	110	$49,170	1.79
Loan Officers `13-2072`	110	$76,170	1.02
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1081`	340	$93,480	3.60
Machinists `51-4041`	180	$58,890	1.68
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	360	$33,180	1.12
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	570	$54,360	0.99
Management Analysts `13-1111`	140	$73,960	0.43
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	150	$104,900	0.64
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	330	$61,660	0.98
Marketing Managers `11-2021`	90	$127,280	0.61
Mechanical Drafters `17-3013`	50	$57,440	3.08
Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians (2 O*NET occupations) `17-3027`	60	$81,110	4.08
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	210	$44,730	0.69
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	60	$49,720	0.84
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	410	$39,340	1.13
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	200	$99,240	0.90
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners `13-1121`	40	$54,150	0.69
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers `21-1023`	30	$50,700	0.62
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers `27-1026`	90	$42,620	1.40
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	800	$50,320	1.52
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	100	$64,040	1.49
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4072`	80	$46,720	1.45
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4081`	290	$49,180	6.09
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	110	$83,180	0.89
New Accounts Clerks `43-4141`	80	$47,060	5.76
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	130	$129,620	1.05
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	1,010	$41,580	1.85
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	30	$78,410	0.62
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1122`	30	$94,210	0.57
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	920	$44,980	0.99
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other `43-9199`	40	$37,150	0.49
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	160	$62,250	0.91
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians `29-2057`	40	Not available	1.41
Opticians, Dispensing `29-2081`	40	$45,560	1.52
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders `51-9111`	160	$47,640	1.15
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	160	$38,120	0.75
Painters, Construction and Maintenance `47-2141`	40	$47,400	0.51
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	80	$55,740	0.51
Parking Attendants `53-6021`	40	$33,940	0.85
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	160	$45,060	1.54
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	80	$44,260	1.42
Personal Financial Advisors `13-2052`	160	$89,700	1.55
Pharmacists `29-1051`	140	$145,390	1.16
Pharmacy Aides `31-9095`	30	$35,440	2.34
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	250	$45,100	1.39
Phlebotomists `31-9097`	50	$37,430	0.95
Physical Therapist Assistants `31-2021`	50	$51,640	1.10
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	110	$99,840	1.08
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1071`	40	$126,050	0.66
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `29-1229`	40	$309,930	0.35
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	120	$61,380	0.69
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	170	$72,170	0.69
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	110	$62,070	0.87
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	200	$31,130	1.12
Printing Press Operators `51-5112`	50	$40,560	0.98
Production Workers, All Other `51-9199`	130	$48,750	1.37
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	160	$63,370	1.07
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	290	$104,690	0.73
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers `11-9141`	60	$58,890	0.53
Public Relations Specialists `27-3031`	100	$64,180	0.94
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians `29-2034`	100	$74,530	1.13
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	200	$38,830	0.57
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	80	$36,660	0.61
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	1,280	$76,790	1.00
Rehabilitation Counselors `21-1015`	50	$46,050	1.54
Respiratory Therapists `29-1126`	40	$74,190	0.77
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	1,810	$30,960	1.23
Sales Managers `11-2022`	160	$130,980	0.68
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	210	$61,970	0.45
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	640	$63,560	1.37
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations) `41-4011`	50	$74,550	0.46
Sales and Related Workers, All Other `41-9099`	30	$34,590	0.91
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood `51-7041`	40	$43,600	2.51
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	350	$60,200	0.86
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	440	$45,430	0.69
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	100	$61,200	0.56
Security Guards `33-9032`	170	$37,620	0.35
Self-Enrichment Teachers `25-3021`	140	$34,040	1.13
Sewing Machine Operators `51-6031`	50	$39,120	1.26
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	280	$48,690	0.91
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	60	$29,500	0.61
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	110	$61,500	1.36
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	160	$41,030	1.00
Software Developers `15-1252`	330	$105,360	0.52
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers `15-1253`	40	$100,170	0.56
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2052`	90	$60,470	0.91
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2058`	50	$58,950	0.85
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	30	$85,030	0.49
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	1,020	$36,850	0.96
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	90	$57,530	0.48
Surgical Technologists `29-2055`	40	$60,500	0.84
Tax Preparers `13-2082`	50	$61,330	1.71
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	710	$30,410	1.34
Technical Writers `27-3042`	70	$57,400	4.11
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers `49-2022`	40	$68,980	0.82
Tellers `43-3071`	210	$39,440	1.71
Tire Repairers and Changers `49-3093`	40	$36,710	0.99
Tool and Die Makers `51-4111`	70	$63,290	3.16
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	180	$72,840	1.02
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3071`	90	$116,010	1.10
Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers `39-3031`	40	$32,720	0.77
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians `29-2056`	30	$41,070	0.64
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	810	$20,060	0.95
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	60	$64,420	1.16
Web and Digital Interface Designers (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1255`	40	$67,900	0.88
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	330	$56,100	2.14
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-4122`	30	$49,930	2.85